In that part of the world the Confederate flag is something associated with bikers, I’d not be suprised to come across someone who thinks that’s the flag of Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Russian bikers whose club doesn’t have its own insignia often fly the Confederate flag.
There’s a bar frequented by the Hell’s Angels in Berlin, and I’ve seen the Confederate flag there as well; for them, it symbolizes rebellion, essentially.
Yep.....there’s Hell’s Angels in Berlin! That bar was down the street from where I lived at the time, and they were actually really cool people, and they love talking to Americans.
Bikers such as the Hell’s Angels are (inexplicably) called “rockers” in German. Heh.